Nice clear job. Just a FYI, I live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The name is West Coast Salish and is anglicized from K'humux, or other spellings. The Comox Logging and Railway Co. logged the Comox Valley and around Comox Lake for at least four decades starting about 1909.

Thank you! Refreshing to see a Heisler, which is one of my favourite locomotives.

Great locomotive and review. I have the DCC Ready version in which I installed TCS WOWSound. Lots of forums said it was "impossible", and that you needed to remove the big circuit board underneath. But for me, it was a piece of cake. I didn't have to remove anything in the interior. If there is one thing I have a complaint about, it's that the pistons and crankshaft move WAY too fast. However, I'm sure there isn't a fix for that.. Oh well.

I have two (non-sound) , it will become silky smooth once broken in by running in both directions and a light oil. Thanks for the great review.

Late night video guys....logging, logging...I got it down now plus I corrected myself at 12:23.

Can't wait to see the Cass Scenic Railroad HO scale Shay review! I rode the railroad in August with Shay #5 and #6 "Big 6"

Thanks so much. It's a great looking locomotive.

Very interesting little Steam Locomotive!

Nice job as usual!

Can't say this was one of your better reviews...

Cool review!

Awesome review! I'm 100th LIKE!

Pretty sweet!

you can see the movement under the loco it's awesome

Who did you buy this from? I have searched all over to get one and can't find it anywhere! Thanks for your awesome reviews!

Hi. Very good lokomotiv.

definitely different but pritty cool

do you know what ESU LookSound version is uses and how many sound functions it has??

wonder if they will ever release a Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad version

Hey I have a question I have a Athearn diesel and a mth diesel and they don't run at the same speed, when I put them in a consist is there a way to make it so they do run at the same speed without 2 controllers?

I have several locos from the 70s and 80s including a Heisler. Is there a way to upgrade them for DCC and sound?

Bella loco

are u ever going to get a 3 truck version of this? james

I never associate quality with Rivarossi. I thought they where along the lines of Tyco and the others of the time. Then again I thought they were no longer made. Great little unit.Scott

How do they couple up. There different couplers do the uk.

Why does the locomotive have a letter "F" on the side of the cab? It is already numbered 4. Also, the ESU decoder got its sounds from Cass, WV, from their Heisler (as far as I can tell). The bell sounds the same as on Cass Scenic Railroad #6 (as in the Heisler, not Big Six or Moore-Keppel & Co. #6), and Cass has the best collection of geared locomotives in the country.

hard to find these by any company anymore, your looking at $400 and up for these. Everywhere you look they're outta stock.. Sad, because it's one of the most interesting locos i've seen.

I like the engine but every time i start it up my ten wheeler with a digitrax decoder go's crazy. The manual says the start current surges when activated. It is now in the quiet corner because it behaves badly..

That loco will prolly smothen up after a break-in running session.

Is Rivarossi still making trains or have they gone out of business?

wait i'm so confused. ... i thought rivarossi went out of business. or did they manage to pull out of the stall they were in?

Can you try the triplex

Seems an unusual purchase relative to your layout.

I have a question: How much does all this cost you

THIS IS NOT ON YOU!!! So please don't get defensive. You pointed out the features well. Maybe too well.... Flash on the bell? Decoder in the Cab, instead of the Coal Bunker, where there is plenty of hidden room? Hornsby responded to that with "We needed to fit extra weight in the hopper." (OK, I find the English nomenclature amusing!) BUT - why not shave a little weight out of the rear bunker, move the decoder in THERE (hidden from sight) and add more weight, distributed in the Cab roof, Cab floor, and some more in the boiler! Why did I bother writing them? Because those little things you pointed out are overlookable in a $60-$90 model, maybe even a $120 model.... But they want over $300 DOLLARS for that!!! Sooner or later, we in the Hobby NEED to stop buying overpriced and underwhelming locomotives, JUST because they happen to be available! Maybe, the exorbitant prices may finally come back down to a level where the Hobby that I've loved for 39 years will go back to GROWING instead of constantly shrinking....

Honestly don't know why but I just don't feel you knew what you were reviewing. Perhaps because it's clear you model modern mainline. Few flaws you missed and some stuff you did not mention. Like the gearing or the inclines it can handle. If you get a geared locomotive you should expect it do do what geared locomotives do and we did not get any information on that.

"Lodging"???? Logging :)

OK

Un fortunately I cant find the locomotive.

"LOGGEING"

Its not lodging, its logging.

I too enjoy watching your reviews but the one thing that drives me absolutely nuts is all the time you take on showing us how to open a box, how to undo the plastic packaging and showing extra parts. why can't you just mention the what warranty comes with the product and call it good. i myself would like to see the product run, how it performs instead of showing us how it would run on a module layout by going back and forth. come on side you got the room show us what it does with brass rolling stock as opposed to ready to run plastic products. show us what looks like 28th an actual train and maybe run it across a switch or 2 instead of showing us all the packaging we have to look forward to throwing away. Otherwise great job bro.

as slow as the real thing was

Gosh? Loging is about cutting down trees and shipping them. Log ing. Lodging (the word you are saying is about motels!) Lodge ing. Get it? Please do a bit more research on your reviews. I have watched many and sometimes come away with knowing less about a product than I did before viewing. Peace :D

No offense intended. I have watched many of your videos. Mostly informative but many ill prepared. For example, say, how does the logging loco do on steep grades? Pulling power? As far as your altruistic view of yourself and providing a service? I think there is some ego there to perform in front of an audience no? Being tired because of a long work day? Come on man. I did not say you were stupid. If you want to provide a service perhaps you should prepare a little.

Please stop bastardizing descriptions. This is an electric model of a steam loco. In other countries, when they say steam, they mean it.